Graded exposure, in the form of small, playable games.
Pick a phobia, choose a game, and work upward through four content tiers, from neutral text to real photographs. A free, public companion to the full Bia program.
Three steps from selection to session.
The structure is the same for every condition. Sessions take five to fifteen minutes and can be paused at any point.
Select a condition
Pick from a curated list of specific phobias, organized by category. Each profile maps to a content set tested for triggering relevance.
Pick a game
Eight game formats are available. Each is rated for engagement, attention demand, and exposure intensity, so you can match a game to your session goal.
Step up gradually
Exposure is incremental and graded. Start at the lowest, most abstract level and move up one step at a time, only when you're ready. Anxiety is logged after each round, and the next step unlocks when readiness criteria are met.
Choose a phobia, then a game.
Games re-render with content scoped to the selected phobia. Difficulty rises across tiers within each game. Free to play, no account required.
With a phobia, the trigger comes at you. Here, you go at the exposure.
Phobias survive on avoidance. The feared thing turns up without warning, you pull away, and the fear is reinforced. Exposure turns that around: you choose to approach the trigger, on your own terms, in small graded steps. Facing it deliberately and repeatedly is the whole idea behind exposure, and why it works.
Habituation
With repeated, willing exposure, the alarm response fades on its own. The body learns the trigger isn't actually dangerous, and the anxiety curve trends a little lower each session.
Inhibitory learning
Exposure doesn't erase the old fear. Instead, it builds a new, competing "I can handle this" memory that grows stronger than the fear over time. Varying the games, content tiers, and contexts is what makes that new learning stick.
Not sure if it's really a phobia? Find out in minutes.
Phobia Quiz has free, science-based tests and fear assessments. Understand what you are afraid of and what your results suggest, then come back and play it down to size. No signup.
Bia is the full phobia recovery program these games are a piece of.
Exposure Games is a free public sampler. Bia is the structured program built on the same graded exposure, with a personalized plan for working on your own and a portal for the clinicians guiding you.
A personalized plan you can work through on your own.
Bia walks you through your specific phobia with structured lessons, finer-grained exposures than any single game can offer, and anxiety tracking that shows your curve trending down.
- Personalized step-by-step recovery plan
- Roughly 19 lessons and 55 exposure exercises
- Web, iOS, and Android · adult and child versions
A provider portal that fits between your sessions.
Assign exercises, design custom exposures, and watch anxiety logs trend between sessions, without paperwork or another channel to monitor.
- Assign granular exposures by client
- Design custom exercises for unique cases
- Track recovery curves over weeks and months
Frequently asked.
Is this a replacement for therapy?
No. Exposure Games is a free public resource and a small piece of what graded exposure looks like in practice. The full Bia program pairs with cognitive behavioural therapy and existing exposure work, and clinicians can use the Bia provider portal to monitor and adjust client progression.
How is content selected for each phobia?
Each phobia has its own curated content set. Imagery is reviewed by clinical advisors and tagged for relevance and intensity. The same library powers the more granular exercises inside the Bia program.
What if a tier is too intense?
You can pause, repeat, or step down a tier at any time. Nothing here auto-advances. The full Bia program adds finer-grained exposures and a readiness check between steps so movement upward is gradual.
Does it work for children?
The games are public, so anyone can use them. The Bia program has a dedicated child version with age-appropriate exercises, parent lessons, and stricter content limits by default.
How is this different from Bia itself?
Exposure Games is a free, no-account browser sampler with eight game formats across four content tiers. Bia is the full structured program, with a personalized plan, granular exercises between every step, anxiety tracking, and a provider portal for therapists.